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The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

1t is little too soon to talk about rail
and reed bird shooting, as the law will
not be out until the 3lst of August; but
from the way some of the gunners talk
one might infer that bird flesh will be
cheap this coming fall
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
DELAWARE CITY.
The SOJidity of its Business
Men.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE
ESTABLISHMENTS WITH
IN ITS LINES.


That portion of the State of Delaware
whose commercial interests centre around
Delaware City has made commendable
strides in progress during the past few
years. Nor is the position which its mer-
chants and business men have won
through their zeal and ,sagacity overesti-
mated by the great business world with
out. The town has long since come out
of its swaddling clothes. Its many daily
passenger steamers plying between It and
Philadelphia and Baltimore and Womi-
nent points along the Delaware; III sew
eral daily trains of cars, its noble kcanal
bearing on its bosom to our very oors,
from rs to 50 vessels per day any the
push and enterprise Of its inhabitants all
go to make this charming little city busy
one, and will yet make Delaware City a
better town than it is. The elegansand
well-stocked stores which our merchants
have built demonstrate beyond all doubt
that business is booming here as it certain
ly is not in many of our sister towns. The
verifcation of these assertions ,sa4.+pe
read any day one chooses to spend an
hour among the business marts of the
town. Here you will meet scores of fa4n-
ers from the surrounding countryside
make daily or weekly pilgrimages iur
several bargain centers.
Here are vessel men in numbers alag
orders for denizens of remote loeiH n,
or laying irS individust ,-oi-7sA 81. H.
ipi.s,,.. - 9, 80, is . vast A.
30 tae Consignment OF grain, ship
.ment Of peaches and the thousand and oIe
products of land and water which only "a
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The steam yacht Falcon ]. C. Cause
of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company,
Wilmington, Del, owner, pass through
the locks on the 4th, gaily decorated with
bunting, She had on board a private
pleasure party. The Falcon people fired
parting salute as she passed out of the
locks.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Mr.. James A. Parker has put on a
handsome new hack between Delaware
City and Odessa. He meets the steamers
with unvarying regularity and always
makes the drive interesting to his pas
sengers.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Rev. Mr.. Paule, of the Presbyterian
Church this place, preached at Elkton
Nd, on Sunday. Rev. DIR, Porter, of
Newark, Del, filed his pulpit here.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The Ericsson Line of steamers carried
heavy passenger lists during the past
week between Baltimore and Philadel-
phia.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

This City has the largest ice house in
this part of the state, 1t is owned by
Messrs. ]. H. Roberts & Son, who partly
supply the Greenbank Ice Company, OF
Wilmington, Del, with ice
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Among the improvements in contem-
-platfon' is7that of Cart. Thomas Van
Kirk, who will shrrtly remodel and re-
model and rebuild his residence, on
Clinton street.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Augustine Pier was densely crowded
on the Fourth. Steamboats, were COM
PEELED to make double trips to carry the
visitors, which were estimated to approx
mate 5000
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

A young man about town says that the
problem he is trying to solve, is how not
to become i'll from over-work. We advise
him to go fishing.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
Grain. Coal, Lime, SC.

The house of Mr.. Charles G. Alexander
has been established many years and is
deservedly popular, enjoying a steadily
increasing patronage. Mr.. Alexander
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The Masonic Hall corner of Clinton
and Laurel street has been completed
and is ready for immediate occupancy.
It is greatly admired by all virtues.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The more the merrier, is an old saying,
but it doesn't apply to the Jersey mo-
sauitues. which an occasional east wind
watts across the Delaware.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Rev. C. F. Shepherd, NJ. +. Church
preached 4 sermon on the Declaration OF
Independence last Sunday evening,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Several small boats were sunk at Port
Penn, during the prevalence Of the heavy
gale on Tuesday.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
Arrival and Departure of Mails


MAILS CLOSE.
7.3o, Gas, port PENN II.2o A, NJ. $40
port PENN IN.
MAILS ARRIVE
7.3o, port PENN $40, A. M, 1850, 4. 80.
Port Penny, 7.3o.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Southern watermelons are gradually
tvmbling par value.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Waterproofs were dry goods last Tues.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

1Xith, 10 year old daughter of Captain
Thomas Van Kirk, of the steamer Com.
monwealth,n is very i'll from an attack Of
cholera morbus.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Wocdcock shooting is now engaging
the attention Of our sportsmen, They fly
promiscuously at "early morn aud dkwy
eveu ss-a 2
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The Delaware canneries are as busy as
bees, on peas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Hezekiah Smiths Wives.

INVESTIGATING THE MATRIMONIAL AFFAIRS OF
LATE CONGRESSMAN.
telegram to the New York Star from Mount
Holly, n. j., November 20 says: The Investigation
that has been In progress since the death Of ex-
Congressman Hezek1Ah B. Smith, OF Smithville
for the purpose OF determining the matrimonial
status OF that gentleman prior to his decease,
promises to result in some exceedingly spicy de-
velopments, and 1t may lead to disposition OF his
estate OF 100000 directly contrary to the wishes
OF Mr.. Smith as set forth In his will. by which LIE
beQueathed the entire income OF his large estate
the establishment and maintenance Of a school
for apprentices and mechanics.
When Mr.. Smith was living at Woodstock Vt
II IS alleged that he married Eveline Verona
English. The latter claims to have lived with him
nineteen years. and that four children We're the
fruits OF that union. Mrs Smith is siXty-six years
or age and Is now living at Woodstock. vt. She is
well provided for by her two sons, one OF whom is
wealthy resident OF savannah, Ga Mrs. Smith
has retained Lawyers William E. johnson, OF
Woodstock, VI; NJ. A. OByrne, Of savannah, Ca
and Joseph II. Gaskill, OF Mount Holly, TO prose.
cute ner claim OF DOVER In the property Of the
proceedings. "My object" says Mrs. Smith, '.n
making this contest is TO establish before the
world the legitimacy or my Children
When asked for her reasons for not presenting
her claim during the lifeline OF her husband Mrs
smith said there Was no nacesslty for such step.
bring an action against him FOR support W hich Sue
was 10th 10 do, as her SOnS were supporting her. as
they have since done, as comfortably as she could
wish. In 1878 Mr.. Smith tried 20 buy her of by
Offering her $4,000 TO sign statement to the
effect that she was never married to him. This
she declined 10 consider for moment. He also
offered TO deposit money TO her credit in the
woodstock bank If she would draw 1t In her
maiden name, but this proposition was likewise
rejected.
Mrs smith has In her possession letters from Mr.
Smith, which will be produced at the trial, In
which he addressed her as ''My dear wife, and
subscribed himself as "Your affectionate husband,
II. B. smith," In these letters, written while he
was away on business trips, he gave her explicit
instructions in regard to the management OF their
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Steeplechasing Extraordinary.

Fred. Carruth in the Chicago Tribune
While we were camped on the edge of q little
Nebraska town a man came over and sat down on
the wagon-tongue and began to praise up the
place, mentioning among other improvements a
new steeple that was going up on a church near
at hand
'1snt that steeple Just a little high for the size
OF the church," suggested Briar.
There, struck II the first whack! told 'em
that was the way it would go! Now, I'll tell
you" he went on confidentially, bout that stee-
pie. It's 'Ptscopal church; they put It up bout
a year ago with 1es' an ordinary steeple stickin'
upon II. Then what did the BaptistS do but up
an build church over here an r'ar Up a steeple
on theirs ten feet higher! This naturally CALLED
the Pfscopals some. an this spring up they socked
their steeple fifteen feet higher! 1t run along till
July, an all the time the Baptsts was getting hot
ter n hotter, an one day Jes' after the Fourth
what should they do but put some carpenters TO
work Oh their steeple an shove her up mother ten
feet! Then they went round Steppin' high, an the
'Piscopals begun TO swear again 1t run along
till day before yesterday, when they seen the Bap-
lists, an are goin' 'em ten better! An do you
know, I'll be snaked IL don't D11eve the Baptsts
III raise em lore winter! o, we're game in this
town evry time!"
"Er-will which one do you belong tor" Briar
inquired.
"well, you're getting left entirely, aren't you--no
steeple at alI?"
Ssh, That's all rfght-we know our playi We
let on we don't beve In steeples, an go round
shingles on the side OF the buiidin'. 'B ut next
June you'll see these Baptists' an PiscOpaIS'
steeple5 blow over, an then Jes' watch us
Methoists shack 70 the front, an r'ar a long, slim
steeple up into the air so high that they'll be too
sick to ever build again! Us Meth'dists may be
laggin' little Jes at present, but you wait till
the proper time comes am Wen make some OF
these light-wel ht denominations think the brick
court house has fell On EMP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
ParaIyzed After His Conversion.
A STARTLING INCIDENT AT THE CLOSE OF THE MOODY
MEETINGS IN PIrTsBURG.

A STARTLING INCIDENT AT The CLOSE OF THE MOODY
MEETINGS IN PTrTSBURG.
PIrTsBURG, Nov. 3O.-The Dispatch tells the fol-
lowing story: During the meeting for non-church
gOeTs. which Mr.. Moody held sunday morning at
The Central Rink, an old man named Long sat i'm
mediateIy In front OF the speaker, two rows back
from the stage. The sermon ended and then came
the passionate appeal 10 all who wanted TO come
Christians 10 rise TO the feet. A hundred and
fifty persons stood up. The old man sat still Mr..
Moody turned 10 Dixon C. Williams, the evangelist
and sa q won't you 90 down among them and
speak 10 some who are still hesitating?"
Mr.. Williams stepped down on the stage, and
the first nan who caught his eye was the old gen.
lehman He sat down In the chair In front OF MIN
and talked 10 him for several minutes. The old
man was moved, and when the Invitation was
again given by Mr.. Moody he stood up. Tears
were runbing down his cheeks. There was another
prayer. q hyIna, and the meeting was dismissed
Il believe am a Christian, the old man said as
he grasped Mr.. Williams hand 81 feel that
Christ has forgiven my sins" Mr. williams turned
toward the stage and the old man rose to depart.
As he did so an expression OF pain overspread his
cOuntenance, and he dropped back 10 his seat.
His head dropped on his breast. and one hand fell
helplessly 10 his side. The right side OF his body
was completely pdralyLed He Was laid out on
some chairs, and for an hour the ushers and few
friends worked with him. Then couple OF ply
stefan arrived. He was barely conscious for Seye-
raj hours but about O'Clock In the afternoon he
became tri1e stronger and was removed TO his
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Ridges In the Mouths Roof.

From the Philadelphia Ledger, November ga
DR.. Harrison Allen called the attention of the
last meeting OF the Academy Of Natural Sciences
to the subject Of the rug@, or ridges Of mucous
membrane, on the roof OF the mouth He proposed
naming them for the purpose OF description in &C.
cordance with their relation to the medical suture
and the incisive foramen, the sutural pre-sutural
and pOst-sutural folds He has found In man GER
tain pecutaritieS In the disposition OF these folds
which serve to distinguish the left side from the
right. For instance, on the left side there Is a
tendency for the sutural fold to be turned back,
while on the right side 1t forms union with the
fold in 'front.' He regarded the pecullarties Of the
left side to be owing to physiological overgrowth
OF the bone on that side. The data based on an
examination of the mouths OF his patients did not
however, apply to those free from disease irreg
ular1ty. He considered the study OF these rugb to
be OF Importance In comparative physiology. In
the lower animals there's no variation in the two
sides, and the rugR are constant In the different
0rOuDS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Love and Football.

YOUNG MAN WHO WORE HIS swRETHHARTs
BANGLE WHILE He PLAYED.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Last summer q member OF the law department
Of the University Of Pennsylvania spent the
greater part OF his vacation at York Harbor In the
company OF very taking Boston girl At the end
OF the season the youth obtained one OF the young
ladys bangles, locked 1t on his wrist, and swore
that 1t never would be removed and that 1t should
be buried with him In the grave Such things
have been and will be; they are strictly private
understandings, and this Incident only became
public property at the University Princeton game
the other day, in which the law student played on
the rush line
In the midst OF one OF the tussels for the tall a
Princeton man, who was in the thick OF the fight
suddenly declared that he had been cut with q
knife The law student resented the imputatiOn
on his methods Ofplaying, and the game continued.
Again the Princeton rusher gave a cry OF pain,
on his face. The umpire was appealed TO- the law
student Overhauled, and the sharp-pOinted, highly
Ornamented bangle was found underneath the
sleeve OF his jersey take that thing of or leave
the 1eld," said the unsentimenLal umpire The
law student said he and the bangle would re.
main where they were. Time was called, and the
referee considered tn dispute with gravity, sud-
denly an inspiration came TO the umpire, and he
produced the rules "iere you are" he said and
read: Players are not allowed TO wear sticky mat
ter on their hands, spikes on their feet or extra
neous matter OF any sort about their person. The
bangle Is extraneouS matter. Take 1t on or I'll
call substitute"
Alas for the cOnstancy OF mani The law student
preferred his place on th line to his bangle, and
TO the Intense amusement OF both teams and the
maidcnS In the grand stand the bangle was twisted
from his wrist and the game went on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Some Curious Fires.
REMARKABLE CASES OF SPONTANEOUS c0NDusTIoN,
ETC.


From New York Fire and Water.
Scarcely q month passes that careful 1nvestiga-
ton into the causes Of fires does not reveal some
new hazard OF greater or less Importance, or make
known instances Of the starting OF fires under cir
| cumstances hitherto considered impossible.
Cotton In bales had always Deen supposed to be
| free from spontaneous combustion until lately,
when case was discovered In storehouse In
northern New jersey. A number OF bales OF Sea
Island cotton stored there were FOUND 70 be on
nre, and when IL was extinguiShed In one spot II
would break out In another careful examina-
was roller gin cotton-that Is, cotton which has
not been run through gang OF saws after the
method OF Ell Whitney, but the lint had been
large and one small, set at just the distance TO
keep the seeds from passing through, while the
nler passes on and goes into big.
1t was found In this lot OF cotton that some OF
the seeds had passed Into the rolls and been cracked
wn,eh caused the OIL TO exude saturaung Inc noer
In proper condition for spontaneous combustion.
careful and extensive inquiry among Northern
1t can hardly be taken as = strong objection
against the use OF roller gins in general. The Or
binary roller gin is practically prehistoric tool
as IL has been in use since cotton was known In an
Gent India II Is not nearly so fast as the ofd-
nary saw gin, but It Is said to do its work some
70
island cotton, which is OF long 1Der and almost
double the value OF the O. inary grades
knife factory in Massachusetts,. In the middle
OF rom small milling machine was working on
hardwood handles of knives. The dust or small
fragments OF wood which were ground on were
drawn up through a metal tube ABOUT one foot in
diameter by q blower IN the room above, and
thence forced through a wooden pipe out into the
air. A spark from an emery wheel, Is feet away
from the milling machine, struck window 20
feet away, and glancing back entered the mouth Of
the metal tube and set the hardwood dust on f1re,
stream OF which 90 feet in length poured out Of
the wooden pipe into the air. The alarm was
given by people outside, the wOrkmen In the room
being entirely unaware OF any flre.
Another peculiar instance was a IRE started by
some cotton waste which an engineer In cleaning
up cotton mill put In the front OF a boiler where
IL would be convenient for the firemen TO burn in
the morning. During the night the waste got on
nre from spontaneous Combustion and set fire to
the kindlings, and succeeded In raising sufficient
steam TO cause the blower 10 blow on, very thor
oughy soaring the Waterman, who naturally
thought the boiler, which he knew had been left
without a Iire, was going TO explode.
Still another singular case was that of IRE
caused In the picker-rOOm OF Jute mill by man
driving nail In the ceiling. The nail glanced OF
and was struck by the rapidly moving heaters,
and the sparks which were caused thereby led to
serious blaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30

AeOOcHs AVuAD StevcnoVn'S kNetH0aus
Saranac Lake Letter to the New York Sun.
Mr.. stevenson occupies a neat cottage on the
Saranac River at point where the settlement
begins to thin out into the forest primeval. His
wife, mother and stepson, Mr.. Lloyd Osborn, are
living with him. Twas glad to ind him looking
very much the better for his stay in the Adiron-
dacks, which he means to prolong until spring.
He Is able to take a walk OF about half mile a
day. and exceedingly enjoys his short tramps over
the snow in Canadian mOccaSlns. To those curious
to know what the creator OF Dr. Jekyll, Alan Brock
and John Silver looks like, let me say that he is
about five 1eet ten In height, fair and spare; he
wears his lght-brown halr long and loose; his
broad, high forehead Is Illuminated by piercing
pair OF eyes at remarkable distance apart. He
has the air OF an artist who has been ILL., and Is now
well advanced toward recovery. In conversation
he is most animated and CHEEKY speaking with
crisp Edinburgh accent. AS We talked about one
thing and another, 1t came out that he ts strong
antt-Gladstonian. Surely 1t Is natural that the
author OF kidnapped" should be sound Scott
thOrs. He likes StocktOn's stories very much and
among Mark Twain'S volumes prefers Huckle-
berry Finn" Mr.. stevenson is busy on q third ar
icle in the series he is writing for Scribners and
never lets day go by without some substantial
work. ! asked him which OF his own books he
liked best kidnapped" he promptly replied.
II Is probable that he may write sequel to it. IL
Is his practice to drop story In the middle and
take 1t up month or SO afterward, with interest
revived. Treasure Island, his quickest piece Of
work. was written 10 that way. Mr. Stevenson
excelS in telling pawky Scottish stories, faculty
evidently derived from his mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30

LOWER TELHGRAPH RATBA-The Western Union
Telegraph co. announces following reductions In
telegraph rates, to take effect December / next:
First. The maximum rate east OF and Including
Montana, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas viii Be
reduced from 81 70 IS cents
second Within the section east Of the Ntssjs-
appi River aud north OF Tenn and North caro-.
lima the maximum rate win be reduced rom 75
cents 70 SO centa
Third Within the section south OF and including
Virginia and Tennessee and east Of the Mississippi
River the maximum rate WILL b reduced from 90
cents 70 SO centa
Both the heading and Pennsylvania railroad
companies, st meetings held In Pniladciphia res.
terday, agreed 70 make no advance In the prices Of
anthracite coal noxt month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Treasure Buried for Twenty-Five

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Nov. 3o-John Shenafeld, q
thrifty farmer. with his wife and son, occupied q
comfortable farmhouse In Springfield Township,
this county, In 1863, when John Morgan made his
faInours RAID through Ohio. The family had accu-
INFLATED over s., 900 In gold and silver coin, and
fearing IL would be stolen, Mr.. Shenafeld hid tt,
the place OF burial being known only TO himself
and wife. The family prospered, and, not needing
the money, IL was left undisturbed- MIS-. Shena-
hidden treasure. Last week the husband died,
saying nothing about IT. Yesterday the son,
after several days search, found the treasure
buried In the foundation OF an old building the
farm, having lain undisturbed for nearly twenty
VparS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30

The Si0uxs.
From the Chicago Mail
wandering tribe, called the Siouxs,
Wear moccasinas having shiouxs;
They made of buckskin,
With the heshy side in,
Embroidsred With beads Of bright hiouxa
When out on the warpath, the Siouxs
March single hle-never by twiouxs-
And by blazing the trees
Can return at their ease,
And their way IN the forests meier liouxs
All new-fsshioned boats he eschiouxs
And usts the birch back caniouxs;
They are handy aud light,
And. inverted at night
Give shelter from storms and from diouxs,
The principal food Of the Siouxs
Is Indian maize, which they briouxs,
Or hominy make,
Or mix q cake,
And eat it with pork a. they chiouxs.
Now doesn't this spelling look ciouxrious!
lis enough to make any one 6ouxrious.
So, word to the wise;
Pray our language revise
With orthogr1phy not SO intiouxrious!
-CaARLEs FRANCIS ADAMS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
Novel Use for Election ''Pasters.''

from the ALBANY JOURNAL.
Candidates for ONCE will be interested In little
experience that an Albany gentleman had during
the last campaign. friend In the country sent
an urgent request for large number Of pastors,
which were promptly and gladly furnished. After
election, the candidate, who, by the way, was not
elected, happened to drive by the farm OF the gen.
tleInan who wanted the pastors, and was surprised
to notice peculiar decoration OF the barn door,
IL seemed TO be Streaked with white paint. As he
stopped TO water his horse he walked up TO the
door and discovered that some one had used his
pastors TO paste border OF white completely
about the barn door AMI had also made panels OF
the son OF his understanding near, Lh gentle
man inquired: "WhO did The fancy work." The
boy responded: "Me and my sister; and we had
the hardest work to get father to SEND for some
pastors that you ever saw" The politician, as he
drove away, was In a reflective frame or mind